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being forced into digital have used my om1 for 35 years dead happy tesco sorted film and put it on disc for 2 quid now they have sold out the franchise and the price is now 10 quid so have bought canon d20 range of lenses on offer are dead slow any ideas about how to use my om and carl zeiss lens on this camera would be welcome also can you recommend a digital lens for this camera
 
Alternatively your local Asda might do the scanning. Quality is exactly the same as Tesco, just a quid more.
 
Used an OM1 for 35yrs! Top Man. A proper photographer.Don't change to digital unless you have to.
 
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bill urlwin said:
being forced into digital have used my om1 for 35 years dead happy tesco sorted film and put it on disc for 2 quid now they have sold out the franchise and the price is now 10 quid so have bought canon d20 range of lenses on offer are dead slow any ideas about how to use my om and carl zeiss lens on this camera would be welcome also can you recommend a digital lens for this camera
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If you still want to keep using the OM1, check out our Film and Conventional section - there's quite a few resources for film processing in the various sticky threads in there...

this thread deals with (mostly) the mail order type processors, with prices to suit most pockets.

However, to return to your original quesion, There's some lovely Canon Lenses that will work really well with the 20D, though pretty much all of them are rather expensive (the 50mm f1.8 mentioned by Pete being the exception.)

BUT, if you want to put your OM lenses on the front of the 20D, if you get one of these adaptors then you're off and running. Personally, i'd buy one, see if it works, then buy one each for the collection of lenses you have. Obviously, the lenses will be manual focus and stop-down, but it's cheaper than buying a whole new raft of EF lenses.
 
A bit late, but personally I woudn't have chosen a DSLR for using your existing lenses - mirrorless bodies generally have better features for manually focussing these lenses and have better register distances for using adapters.

Mark gives a link to adecent looking adapter but I would personally choose the Big_IS adapter (link) because it allows you to programme the focal length reported in the exif to your own choice for less thna a couple of pounds extra in cost.
 
Alastair said:
Mark gives a link to adecent looking adapter but I would personally choose the Big_IS adapter (link) because it allows you to programme the focal length reported in the exif to your own choice for less thna a couple of pounds extra in cost.
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Good Point, and definitely worth the extra - mine was just first cab off the rank on a search TBH, basically, i'd bought one of the same type but for Yashica lenses to Canon EF a few years ago, and recognised the EF chip from the images.
 
I don't know if the OP will be back but...

I tried my Zuiko lenses on my Canon 5D DSLR and they worked well but personally I find manual focusing with DSLR's difficult unless the subject is big in the frame and judging focus is therefore easy.

I'm much happier with manual lenses on my Panasonic Micro Four Thirds cameras but of course they're x2 crop so a 28mm has the field of view of a 56mm... and so on. My Sony A7 is full frame and using manual lenses is easy with focus peaking and the magnified view.

Compact System Cameras are the way forward to enjoy old lenses IMVHO.

For the 20D I'd recommend the Sigma 30mm f1.4. I used one on my 20D and also used the Sigma 50 and 85mm f1.4's but on the APS-C20D the 30mm saw more use. It's an APS-C only lens though. Zoom wise I'd recommend the Tamron 17-50mm f2.8.

PS. A really cheap way to enjoy old lenses is on a Panasonic G1. You can get one for way under £100 these days and all you need to add is a £10 adapter and you're away.... x2 crop though. I've taken a ton of pictures with my old lenses on one of these cameras and IMVHO the image quality is excellent at low to mid ISO settings.
 
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Alastair said:
A bit late, but personally I woudn't have chosen a DSLR for using your existing lenses - mirrorless bodies generally have better features for manually focussing these lenses and have better register distances for using adapters.

Mark gives a link to adecent looking adapter but I would personally choose the Big_IS adapter (link) because it allows you to programme the focal length reported in the exif to your own choice for less thna a couple of pounds extra in cost.
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Deleted... mis-read the post.
 
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